I took a glance or two at the member stories section of the blog... Perhaps (in good humor) there should also be a section under "Epic FAIL Dates"... or "Dating Horror Stories"...? If anything, it would lend some encouragement in that YOU are not alone in the occasional flop of an effort. Perhaps people could just start posting their stories in this forum first? Just a thought

I have not been on any actual dates yet... Still sort of trying to get a good sense of all that is "out there".... *For now* though, it has definitely been worth the subscription fee in entertainment value alone. I don't say that in a mean, mocking way... It's must more of a reality-check on the diversity of the human condition here..

(Quote)Jes-951157 said:
I took a glance or two at the member stories section of the blog... Perhaps (in good humor) there s...

(Quote)Jes-951157 said:

I took a glance or two at the member stories section of the blog... Perhaps (in good humor) there should also be a section under "Epic FAIL Dates"... or "Dating Horror Stories"...? If anything, it would lend some encouragement in that YOU are not alone in the occasional flop of an effort. Perhaps people could just start posting their stories in this forum first? Just a thought

Ready for this Seinfeld type of date? So she shows up and is visibly shaking like a cold wet puppy. Then I ask if she was ok and she tells me she's just nervous. So as stunned as I was that someone was visibly shaking we sat down and I sit regularly at the table and she's across from me parallel I guess you could call it, so I'm facing the side of her. Then we find out that we both have the same last name with even the same spelling. She then has the audacity to suggest that we're long lost cousins like an idiot. I think I would know if she was a frigging relative of mine. Now if this isn't weird enough, she then rejects ME because I was on the outs with my mom at the time and not speaking to her. Hilarious date!!!!!

(Quote)Frank-410833 said: She then has the audacity to suggest that we're long lost cousins like an idiot.

(Quote)Frank-410833 said: She then has the audacity to suggest that we're long lost cousins like an idiot.

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A distant relative was researching my family tree. She typed up a little family history and passed it around to her cousins. One of the men was very excited to get it, took it home, and started reading it to his wife, who said...."Wait a minute. That's MY family's story."

It turned out they were first cousins once removed and didn't know it until right then.

In a spirit of fairness, I think we have to limit this to dating horror stories, or online dating horror stories... but NOT strictly to CMers. C'mon, if you and I met for coffee and I posted about it (no matter what happened), you wouldn't be too happy about it, would you?

That said, I remember a guy who said his date brought her teddy bear with her, and talked to it during dinner....

(Quote)Marge-938695 said: In a spirit of fairness, I think we have to limit this to dating horror stories, or online dating horror storie...

(Quote)Marge-938695 said:

In a spirit of fairness, I think we have to limit this to dating horror stories, or online dating horror stories... but NOT strictly to CMers. C'mon, if you and I met for coffee and I posted about it (no matter what happened), you wouldn't be too happy about it, would you?

That said, I remember a guy who said his date brought her teddy bear with her, and talked to it during dinner....

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Who said she was a CM date? Regarding the Teddy bear I would've...... Seriously there are some pretty mentally ill people out in the dating world.

(Quote)Marge-938695 said: Not so audacious.A distant relative was researching my family tree. She typed up a little fami...

(Quote)Marge-938695 said:

Not so audacious.

A distant relative was researching my family tree. She typed up a little family history and passed it around to her cousins. One of the men was very excited to get it, took it home, and started reading it to his wife, who said...."Wait a minute. That's MY family's story."

It turned out they were first cousins once removed and didn't know it until right then.